Seventeen nests of lesser Adjutant recorded in 2022 breeding season
A total of 17 nests of Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) were recorded in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary (LWS) by the end of 2022 breeding season, according to a news release of NatureLife Cambodia this morning. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501312556/seventeen-nests-of-lesser-adjutant-recorded-in-2022-breeding-season/
Cambodia makes $377.5 million from rice exports in first ten months
Cambodia had exported 529,924 tonnes of milled rice in the first 10 months of 2023, earning a total revenue of $377.5 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation said in a news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501389491/cambodia-makes-377-5-million-from-rice-exports-in-first-ten-months/
Cambodia earns $280 mln from milled rice export in seven months
Cambodia exported a total of 379,546 tonnes of milled rice in the first seven months of 2024, earning a revenue of $280 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation said in a news release on Monday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501540543/cambodia-earns-280-mln-from-milled-rice-export-in-seven-months/
Cambodia initiates first-ever employment policy
The International Labor Organization says a new National Employment Policy will improve the country’s economy for the young generation.The policy, drafted with the help of Sweden, aims to increase “decent and productive” employment opportunities, enhance skills and human resources development, and strengthen labor market governance, ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-initiates-first-ever-employment-policy/3020097.html
Vendors Capitalize on King Father Keepsakes and Memorabilia
Vendors at the Royal Palace were doing a brisk trade yesterday, as people wanting to own a little piece of history- King Father Norodom Sihanouk memorabilia- purchased photographs of the late monarch, as well as freshly printed T-shirts bearing late King’s image. Almost immediately after news ...
Fund report lacking, BBC show claims
An investigation by BBC news program Panorama into the misuse of Global Fund aid to Cambodia has claimed that the Fund “watered down” a report released last month, which exposed a network of corruption in Cambodia’s health sector. But Panorama, which obtained a leaked copy of the original ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fund-report-lacking-bbc-show-claims
Allegations of death threats after illegal logging reports
A journalist has filed a complaint with the Pursat provincial court alleging that a soldier threatened to kill him on Sunday after he wrote a series of damning articles linking the soldier to illegal rosewood trafficking, court officials confirmed Tuesday. Both the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/allegations-of-death-threats-after-illegal-logging-reports-60426/
Cambodia arrests 6 foreigners, seizing 790 kg of illicit drugs
Cambodia’s anti-drug police have arrested six foreigners for allegedly trafficking illicit drug, confiscating nearly 790 kg of ketamine, the country’s Anti-Drug Department (ADP) said in a news release on Friday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501337389/cambodia-arrests-6-foreigners-seizing-790-kg-illicit-drug/
Cambodia earns $278.6 million from milled rice export in January-August
Cambodia exported 401,699 tonnes of milled rice in the first eight months of 2023, earning a total revenue of $278.6 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a news release on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357757/cambodia-earns-278-6-million-from-milled-rice-export-in-january-august/
Cambodian ministry signs MoU with private company on e-commerce cooperation
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Lanton Cloud Service Technology Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation to promote the kingdom’s e-commerce, said a ministry’s news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239890/cambodian-ministry-signs-mou-with-private-company-on-e-commerce-cooperation/
Officials dismissive of foreign commentary on VOD closure
Senior officials have brushed off concerns raised by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) over the annulment of the licence for online news outlet VOD, saying this would “improve” the professional ethics of the media in Cambodia. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-dismissive-foreign-commentary-vod-closure
Cambodian ministry signs MoU with private company on e-commerce cooperation
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Lanton Cloud Service Technology Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic cooperation to promote the kingdom’s e-commerce, said a ministry’s news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501239890/cambodian-ministry-signs-mou-with-private-company-on-e-commerce-cooperation/
New smart airport aims to drive more tourists into Siem Reap
Cambodia Angkor Air and Trip.com Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build a smart airport in Siem Reap, the global travel service provider said in a news release. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-siem-reap-new-smart-airport
Cambodia attracts 268 new FDI’s, which creates more than 307,000 jobs in 2023
Cambodia attracted fixed-asset investment of $4.92 billion in 2023, up 22 percent from $4.03 billion in a year earlier, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said in a news release on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501417705/cambodia-attracts-268-new-fdis-which-creates-more-than-307000-jobs-in-2023/
Cambodia, Canada sign MoU on establishment of bilateral consultations
Cambodia and Canada on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the establishment of bilateral consultations between foreign ministries of the two countries, according to a news release from the Cambodian Foreign Ministry. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501443433/cambodia-canada-sign-mou-on-establishment-of-bilateral-consultations/
Cambodia’s plastic bag imports down 74.6 pct in Q1
Cambodia has reported a significant decline in the imports of plastic bags in the first quarter of 2024, thanks to an ongoing plastics-free campaign, said the Environment Ministry’s news release on April 10, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501471189/cambodias-plastic-bag-imports-down-74-6-pct-in-q1/
Govt criticises report by some UN experts on human rights in Cambodia
The Permanent Mission of Cambodia to the United Nations (UN) Office and other International Organisations in Geneva have criticised a joint news release by some UN experts, accusing Cambodia of harassment and persecution against human rights defenders. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501475852/govt-criticises-report-by-some-un-experts-on-human-rights-in-cambodia/
Anti-logging vigilantes get international recognition
In late November 2011, Minh Ny found himself in a brawl with a group of heavily-armed policemen in Kompong Thom province’s Sandan district as the police attempted to handcuff the late environmentalist Chut Wutty. When the network was named a winner of the Equator Prize, ...
Aun Chhengpor
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/anti-logging-vigilantes-get-international-recognition/2993604.html
Time schedule for visit of Angkor temples from January 2016
The Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA) has set a time schedule for the visit of tourists in the Angkor Archeological Park, reported the state news agency-AKP.The new time schedule, taking effect from Jan. 1, 2016, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/time-schedule-for-visit-of-angkor-temples-from-january-2016-9056
More schooling for disabled children
Education Ministry officials said yesterday that there will be greater participation by disabled children in schools, announcing a plan that would allow disabled youngsters to attend schools with the rest of the country’s children by early next year. Im Koch, a secretary of state for the ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33062/more-schooling-for-disabled-children/